”(Eternity) has suffered significant damage and has lost all propulsion”, reports the British organization UKMTO which monitors shipping.
"The vessel is surrounded by small craft and is under continuous attack", writes UKMTO.
On Monday, the EU operation Aspides tells the news agency AP that three people have died after the attack.
Heading north
The Houthi movement has not taken responsibility for the latest attack. On Monday, it stated that unmanned boats, robots and drones were used during the attack on Magic Seas on Sunday, which was the first attack on commercial shipping this year.
Eternity C was heading north towards the Suez Canal when it was fired upon by people in small boats as well as with bomb-carrying drones, according to the EU's naval operation which combats pirates in the region.
Sensitive time
According to the EU operation, the Houthi movement is behind the attack, which took place in the same area as the one on Sunday – about ten miles southwest of the Yemeni and Houthi-controlled port city of al-Hudaydah. The Greek-owned vessel Magic Seas was attacked in a similar manner on Sunday and its crew had to leave the ship as it took in water.
The Houthi movement has carried out attacks on civilian shipping in the area after the Gaza war broke out.
The new attacks occur at a sensitive time in the region, as a possible ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas is being weighed, at the same time as Iran is considering resuming talks on nuclear energy with the USA after the twelve-day war with Israel.
